Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
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“I am not waiting for money. I just want vindication and a basic apology”. Policies of “rehabilitation” of the Pomaks from Blagoevgrad region after the fall of the communist regime [PDF]
, 2023 Anastasiya Pashova, Petar Vodenicharov
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Are the Exceptions Really the Rule? Questioning the Application of 'Electoral-Professional' Type Models of Party Organization in East Central Europe [PDF]
, 2001 Much writing on party organisational development in post-communist East Central Europe has argued that, with the partial exception of successor parties to former regime parties, political parties in the region will be state-centred, low-membership ...
Hanley, SL
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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„Nejzákeřnější nepřítel je ten, na kterého se zapomíná!“ Krátká analýza albánské komunistické karikatury / "The most insidious enemy is the one who is forgotten!" A short analysis of the cartoon in communist Albania [PDF]
Historie - Otázky - Problémy, 2016 The paper analyses the political and social cartoons in Albania under the Communist regime. Cartoons served as one of the main pillars of propaganda that reflected and publicly presented the political line in different periods of the existence of the ...
Přemysl Vinš
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Regime changes despite legitimacy crises: Exit, voice, and loyalty in post-communist Russia
Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2010 Why do some countries undergo regime changes despite legitimacy crises, while in others de-legitimation dramatically challenges democratic and non-democratic regimes?
Vladimir Gel'man
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mLife, EarlyView.Abstract The elongasome, or the Rod complex, orchestrates lateral peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis in many rod‐shaped bacteria. It consists of the actin‐like protein MreB, the PG synthase RodA‐PBP2 complex, as well as MreCD and RodZ. Although the loss or disruption of any elongasome component results in a loss of rod shape, previous studies found that a ...
Rui Zhan +5 more
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Missing social capital and the transition in Eastern Europe [PDF]
The transition of the »Old Communist« countries of East and Central Europe has been disappointingly slow given the amount of physical and human capital available at the start of the transition.
Paldam, Martin, Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
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CHURCH AND COMMUNIST REGIME IN SERBIA
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa, 2017 Christianity as a religion is not anti-political, but as in other segments of its existence, it overcomes politics and human organizations, for the Lord tells us that My Empire is not of this world (Jn 18:36). Morals, which are so important for Christ’s faith, invite people to accept authority and comply with civil obedience. Everything can be misused,
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